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28 The Queens Courier • september 26 , 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com LICFLEA&FOOD Family Fun at the LIC Flea Good news – LIC Flea is the place to be for families. On Sunday, September 22, 40 children participated in the LIC Flea’s Charming Child Contest. The children, ages 0 to 12, were photographed by professional photographer LATIF MECIKUKIC DESIGN www.lightningcolors.com Latif Mecikukic has been working with chandeliers for the past 12 years, and will be bringing his special set of skills to the LIC Flea this year. Although he originally only restored chandeliers, he soon began customizing his own from scratch. Mecikukic uses mostly stainless steel, and offers gold, bronze and nick plated chandeliers as well. Because customers are able to call or email Latif Mecikukic Design with their specific requests for chandeliers, his stand at the LIC Flea will only contain smaller, pre-made chandeliers. However, business cards and catalogues with available designs will be offered. Latif Mecikukic Design will be at the flea market on Saturdays and Sundays until the market ends. CHEETAHRAMA www.cheetahrama.com Deborah Gregory, creator of the popular book series The Cheetah Girls, is also the owner of Cheetahrama, which specializes in hand-crafted hair accessories, jewelry, and an assortment of cases. These cases include card cases, business card holders, mirror compacts, pill boxes, cigarette cases, and more. In her own words, Gregory likes to infuse her products with a “touch of Cheetahliciousness,” and also sells decoupage cases, which she imprints with images such as pinup girls, black iconography, retro poodles and others. EZERD www.ezerdland.com Ezerd is a self-proclaimed intergalactic robot adoption agency. In other words, it offers dozens of 4 X 4 paintings and prints of robots, each with its own name and personality. This year, Ezerd will be at the LIC Flea & Food market, and will be offering not just the Doctor Robot series, but other items as well. In addition to the Doctor Robot series, Ezerd will be selling T-shirts, prints, limited edition drawings and more. Fun for people of all ages, Ezerd prides itself on its ability to make people smile, laugh, and generally have fun through art. In addition to the LIC Flea, paintings and prints are also available on the website, www.ezerdland.com. LITTLE BIRD CHOCOLATES www.littlebirdchocolates.com  Little Bird Chocolates is an artisanal chocolate company started by husband and wife Corey and Sara Meyer. They cater to weddings, birthday parties, communions and other events, and will be attending the LIC Flea & Food market to share their homemade treats with New Yorkers. Their signature product is a candied jalapeno covered in dark chocolate with a hint of sea salt,  and they also offer milk-chocolate covered animal crackers. Although the company is only a few months old, they are looking to move to wholesale soon. “We’re very excited about the opportunity to be part of the LIC Flea!” said Sara Meyer. “It’s a really big deal and we›re glad we can be a part of it.” and LIC Flea vendor Kirill Poliakov. Some parents heard about the contest through The Queens Courier, while others found out about it while making their usual weekend stop at LIC Flea. “We came out of curiosity and I think she’s really cute,” said Carlos Juarez from Flushing, who brought his 17-month-yearold daughter Camila. Johnnie Actión from Middle Village stopped by the photo shoot tent with his four-year-old son Taitgh, who was not nervous to face the camera. “He loves to be out and about,” said Actión. “He’s a real city boy.” And while most parents made the decision to bring their kids to get their photo taken, in five-year-old Vincent’s case, the chance of winning a Mercedes kids car beat out his usual shyness of the camera. “He saw the car, it was one of the prizes he wanted to win,” said Anna Voisard, Vincent’s mom, whose 19-month-year-old daughter Lina also joined the contest. “He normally doesn’t have his photo taken, but if there’s a payoff, it’s different.” A group of judges will select the winners from three age categories, 0 to3, 4 to 7, and 8 to 12. The winners, announced and awarded on Sunday, September 29, will have a chance to be featured in The Queens Courier and LIC Courier Magazine, as well as many other prizes. Prizes are donated by Silver Star Mercedes, LIC YMCA, LIC Kids, Rummage 718, Raising Astoria, Tiny You and LIC Flea Market. With last week’s contest such a big success, LIC Flea will continue the contest this weekend with more chances to win LIC Flea bucks and other prizes. Also, with Halloween just around the corner, LIC Flea is getting ready for the spooktacular holiday by bringing in its own pumpkin patch starting this weekend. Thanks to Louis and Harold DeLucia, Home Grown -- an entity of Flea vendor JL Farms – will be bringing the season to you! With a variety of pumpkins – of all shapes and sizes – as well as hay bales and even corn stalks, Louis said “it’s an opportunity for families to save a trip and an opportunity for kids to have a pumpkin picking experience right in LIC.” With all produce, fruit and flowers raised locally, in Monroe Township, NJ, Louis said Home Grown’s motto is “from our farm to your table.” The pumpkin patch will be located at the LIC Flea, 5-25 46th Avenue through October. THE COURIER/ Photo by Angy Altamirano Parents brought their kids down to LIC Flea & Food this past weekend to participate in the Charming Child Contest, with more opportunities – as well as a pumpkin patch – this coming weekend.


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